TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13728, 19 October 1908, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

A seaman belonging to (Ik l Tudrawlli appealed before the Court on Saturday, oil. a charge of drunkenness, and was lined f>V with the iteital alternative. Something of a novelty was brought into the office of this journal on Saturday, in the shape of a chicken possessed of four leg» and four wings. It was hatched. on Saturday morning, but did, not live long. A concert in aid of the Cave School Improvement-Fund was held in the'school on Friday night, when there was a largo attendance, and the concert ,wass an vnqualitied .success. A first-class. programme was presented and was much appreciated by the attdience. Thotse who contributed items, were—Mrs Stonyer {ov^rtnx*?." Mr H. R. Harris ,of \Vas)»dkye; just, installed a, new wool ; scouring' plant which is capable of putting' through ;v larger quantity of wool in a ninch shorter time than previously. The. machine doSs excellent work, arid being a: great libqiir saver, Mr Harfis is able to offer considerable advantages to those " who... I^ a "- ,e ' their work in liis hands. ' . >.• Mr Costello, in. the course- of an in> terview on Saturday, mentioned that sohae recognised economists consider that , .nw rise and fall of pig-iron-is often nn Vindication of tlie trend of trade. iti -the same way that dear wheat, signified poor trade, and cheap wheat-, good trade. In tli# cas? of pig-iron however, • low prices meant bad trade. The same applied moro or less to all metals, and a decreasing note circulation was also to be taken as an indication of declining trade. The quarterly meeting of manager* in connection with the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church was held on Krtday. Present—Rev. Chappie (chairman), Messrs P,. Wells, .T. J. McKeown, T. Scott, H. Kvans, Gray, Renton. Watson, Ward. Nichol. J. Rue and Bell. The secretary reported that the proceeds of the late social had so far reached £lB, with s©m« amounts stitl to come in. The matter of extra services and an assistant was. «Usnnssed and it was decided to continue the present arrangements until the eud of the year. It was unanimously jigreed io hold a bazaar at- the end of April, after harvest, in St. Andrews, the proceeds to reduce or wipe outi the debt on (he Sonthburn Church." General satisfaeiion w:iiJ expressed, at the way church funds had conte in during the quarter. in fact tho best for many years. Glee Class ("March of the Cameron Man"), Mr McLean (song, "Good bye Annie Laurie"), Miss' Foster (song,'"The Chimney Corner'!, Mr Melnnes (reusta-,. tion "How McDougall topped the score"), Mr Adams (song), . Mra Stonyer (song. "She Wore a Wreath of Roses"}, Alice Campbell (song) -Mr Stonyer (song. "Asleep in the Deep"). Mr Walker (re-. , citation. "In the lJroving llavr'"). Mr Rowland (song), Mrs Campbell (pianoforte solo). Glee Class, Mr Hotly («oiigt. Mr McLean (song),' Miss Body (song), Mr < Mclnness iivcitatiou}, Miss Faster Cong, 1 " The Love Tide"), Mr Rowland iiM.ngt, nnd an item was also given by memivors of the Albury Glee Club—Messrs W. ; Rowland, W. McLean, F. Adams, Body, ami A. Bartlett. Encori* were the order of the evening. At the tins* of ih> concert, rofreslunents were d/-;-pensed by the ladies of tho I'istrlct, ai'd befnm dispersing, all who had a.'sisted nt the concert, were, on the motion of ; the chairman, Mr S. Roberts, lie;,rtily . thanked. The Rev. W. F. Bromilow, a mli-sionary from New Guinea, occupied the pulpit at. 1 Wesley Church yesterday morning, when he made ait appeal on behalf of foreign missions and gave a highly informative addms concerning the work that wm being done and the difficulties that had to be encountered oti the mission Held. Mr 'Bromilow'* special object in visiting New Zealand at pm;ent is to secure J3IOOO. with' which to purchase a new minoon boat for .Vew Guinea, tlie-one which ha« b-.en in iirv- for the paut seventeen yearn b?ing now condemned an unsafe. Mr Bromilow h.iid that Mime people talked of the inisMonarii'ii rs though they lived in luxury, but the truth was I hit since his arrival in New Zealand he had fell avham- 'l of living so comfortably when he thought of tlm<- ln> had left Ik-hind him. Tin re w-t- many to Ik- borne in New tiuiii'-a. and if ihove who wt*rrt iivintr niinfoi(ably in lliii. land could only i.e th.- comlitiori; nud.-r which sick |Wopte in X- w Guit:. i had i.(|.n to trawl long distant-it, by sea, in an open lioai, (hey Mould readily subscribe the i.um he was now ai-kinj; for. The work was growing by I'-aps aiul bounds", anil there' weve tll'"<' Papuan village par.tors than South Sea ii.lanilet«. Moreover, there was a contTal training itfttiUiiion, detnnnding it great, inriv:iM! i«f -.travelling arrangemenl«. A v.nkI wa'ii ueiVK-i;aty tliui■! wotild have ample targo space for carrying Anttralian and South Sea Island nui-.tiniiArjiftO ifoo'V- aiid •sttppli o. (iceiitiiiiioil.ition. to-', Wi« uh«ol»it<-ly necessary, To'inetjf ,t|tf re<|uir<-ment« of Tiuptia, ■» m Uvh.h i- of ,?5 loin; Witr: ni-etled. niitl s!i,- ulioiilil be p"'vidett with an od i-ngili*'. The It - d fer it suitable ve««el for the Solomon Man;',, was eqtiallv great, and tin- Mi««i"U lloi'd hn.l deeid.-d that wlt. n two tlor.'o-of tli . c.i»! of both w>. els had I. -. it ( otnain. d. Imtlens would b - acci Ihe lenfo would CI. £IOOO each. A gentleman ill Papua, n'lt a member i>f tic- \|i thorl < I {'hurt-It. had p<.|.t'-d a (lieou.- fur £?-> the N-w Guint-aboai. and h<- bad pront'vi t a further £?/> latT mi. Mf 1 will <l. liver a public addr- s* in \\e«lpy Siln.ol nnii'-rrow' night. Would vou txt liange a throbbing leadfor liuovatit nli<f. Then lake Sttarn's H.a.iarhe Cute, which 'd"' l .*""' teli-Vfi. so promptly shat it K t.ow ' »>'* d vilii-r-ti-r ln-nd- aclie."... \U! in.Ni'.v i)Ci>niN't;s opinion (H' COOPKU'S Of P. OfTtJHKH, tith. • MM CtMtPKR A NKPHEWS. " Herkhamkte'!. " l>. ~r Nir*. I b;n.. pi. :i tut in -taimt,' that 1 hav- if II •' t Sheep |l'.|> fur many y<nr»- p-i»> Oir ri,„L. l:..vai and tsiher Wo ii' t\ «itli hiahlv hi nt lii i.d i^-uli*. ' I .nil vai Mi.',! i! di,t's all that i» t lailtt r.t i.r .s Th.- »|i! lid"! b«t <d Ht.yjl • nil i .*!«--! .t\vr< I* t 1 h.ac td.til (nr lung •< j' ti.il I <iiii*i<!'r a fitting '»-«ti nc-ni il t»< th- Iwr-.ntiiui mioliti ai in «lin li t.itir Ihp )e;vvi*v the \lr Iliidd.n,' hri- t.ideird ((tOITU'S 1)1!' for hi. flo.k tin-, .won.

" St. ifory's JYbtmgMen's Society »iu< up, their 1908 session at their meet in; this-evening. ~MrT. Scott, of Soutbburn, will be : candidate for the seat on the Waimat. Connty ConnciL for, the Lower Pareor; riding.' Shareholders in Albury Sakyards Com pany are to meet in the company's office next Saturday to consider a proposal t< ooerfruct- a ship-dip at the yards. ? An Edison phonograph playing on the deck of the little steamer Invereargill, proTided an attraction for quite a large audience. on the Moody wharf last liighi. There is abundance of feed in the Te muka district and dairy fanners are very satisfied at the prospects for the milk season. The Temuka butter and ebeese factory fa now in fidl swing. One of the Timaru Churches—the IVimi live Methodist Church—has for little time fast adopted the practice of opening the Sunday evening service at 7 o'clock instead of at 6.30. The- experiment, hoirever .has not been an unqualified ku».«-^>*. .'As evidence of tbe> tightness of thf iriflney market, a resident of South Canterbury agreed to purchase a certain farm for £16.000 provided he could get accommodation for half this amount. •He pot down £BOOO cash, and in spite of all endeavours. 1b wa» unable to get the other £BOOO, notwithstanding that he had the bast of security to offer for it, anrl as a consequence, the deal fell through. :At an extraordinary meeting *if tlii Temnka Terminating building {society on Friday. night, a sum of £6OO was disposed of by ballot and sale. In No. 1 group share Xu. 158 (Mr E. W. Mstwn) was. the successful. bolder and in No. 2 group share No. 325 (Mr P. Philip). The sale in So. 1 gronp realised £22 5s i>-sr £l5O, and in No. 2 group £24 per £lr»0. A special meeting of the directors was then held., Mr If. M. Miles, "who hxs been chairman for seven years, tendered his resignation, owing to his departure from --the district. The resignation was accepted with regret and Mr (Jeo. Hancox .was elected to the chairmanship. Mr Frew, vice-chairman, declining the position; Miss Field, who won golden opinions for her fine soles in the Primitive Methodist Church, yesterday, .will sing "A May Morning" and "Three Green Bonnets" at rhe- 'concert in the Assembly Rooms tonight, and will take part with Miss Anderson, in the- duet '"Maying." Mfcn Anderson. whose splendid rendition* always meet with popular approval, will also sing two songs. Select iocs by Mr Kllis WowTa orebietra. duets by the Misses Thompson, a recitation by Mr Fleming, cbogs hv M<gsts Black. Bndd. Chapman Miller and Matthews, with anthems by the choir, will make up a meet- attractive programme. The ladies are. providing fruit tabids and light refreshments at a small charge, and roeful goods will be on isale. while .the "golden gift tree"' Li to form an interesting item of the evening.

.The chief outdoor attraction this week promises to ba the school fete in the Main i&Kool grounds on Thursday afternoon. It is'looked upon a& the annual effort to raise foods for the school, chietly with a view to purchasing prizes for tbe scholars and fostering * school' sport*.. Thk. year it doubtless will receive niore liberal support thin ever from the parents and friends of the scholars. In addition to th* cadet drill, . club twinging and maypole. dancing, which are always a pleasure ti> witness, will be new displays in tie- uhape of Dag drill hv the- infants. Highland reels, jtnd ' a gorgeous containing Britannia with Iw-r court and representatives from all the'British.possessioct;. Over 200 will take part in' this'procession, ami as all local experts in fancy dr>t» hare been ' rendering valuable ared-stanc 1 , it promise to be the feature of the gathert ing. Refreshments can lv- obtained on the gronnd Proceedings cominene- al 1 p.inf;

I'""* .•The theft of a bridle •formed the .subject of enquiry by Mr C. A. Wrav,- S.M.. at the Magistrate's Court on Saturday morning-, C. D'Arcy being the person accused. From the evidence it appeared that the bridle had been securely locked in Mr Edgars stable on August 7th tart. but i! had mysteriously disappeared, and wri; not eeen again until abonfe two months later, ' when, in consequence of information In? bad gleaned. Detective Fitzgerald a'rested the accusal. Accuseds story was that lit? bad found the bridle in tb- gutter on Otipua road, hanging partly on a gate. He •aid that it w»» of no txe to him. ;»s be had no horse, and be bad taken it home, rhinklng that someone would adv.rtLs.- for it. Vincent (folding, who \ra; with D'Arcy when he pieked thei bridle up, corroborated this version of the affair, and K. M. Hurdler gave evidence showing that having broken his own bridle, and hearing that, accused had one. be had borrowed it. to attend a parade of the Monn'ed Rifles one afternoon, doing so quite openly. I). M. Edgar. W. K ernohan. and J. Turner all prove<l that, the bridle \r.is locked up ia the ha rutins room at the. bark of the shop of Kernolun. MeCahon and Co. i>n August 7th, and that it not. s»en again until accused hid l.ut it. Suh-lu-speetor fJreen said that accused had be«-n Itefore the Court i-cveral tiui.K, He had b**n convicted for getting lire t.> a building about twelve mouths ago. and he had b*en convicted for entering a h<.u.~ : - at Asbbnrton. Hi> Worship told accused lhat hit story wa»; not. satisfactory. He knew the bridle was not his prr»i«-rty. an<t he should have taken it to the jk.Uc" i.larkm, or advertised i:—that, m if he really did tiud it. What h-- had done was rant amount to theft. He warned an. u sod rhat if he continued the care>r of crime upon which he had entered, it would land him in &?riou.* difficulty. He did not prupoxe to sent! him to goal iht; time. but. would give him one more chance, atnl im- j jio«e a tine of £2. and cosiii 6s. in defaultfourteen dayt,' imprisonment. Jt it quite possible yon have exjierienced the uncomfortable feeling of wearing an ill-tit ting shirt, well if m> yon have ••nly to tak- that one otT and put on one /if ours, which you will find comfortable ami perfect fitting. in every respect. We have a large stock of all kimls of fashionable .shirts for summer wear, including tennU xhirts with bands, and aWo with i-ollarx attaclied, at 4s 6«I. 5s 6d, 6s 6<l; gents neelige shirts, soft fronts, at 5s 6d. Os 6d. 7s 6d. 8s 6d; gents white mat am) fancy pique shirts .kinds only, and aVt*» collar* attached, at 4s 6<l. 5s 6d, 6s 6>i; gent* white and rivam mercerised shirts with hands and also with collars nttachail at 4s 6d. 5» 6.1. 5* lid. &t 6d : £CM« tunic shirts, the latest out for summer wear. at sr. 6*l. 6s 6d. 7s 6.1: gents white shirt*, short fronts. be»t limn ruffs, and fronts, at- &» 6d. 6s 6d. 7s 6d. at Irwin's Clothing and Outfit ting Shop. Stafford Street, next Prnwr'«.. Sort*, burn* ulcers, ipeedilv cured with "Rtil Cms*" Ointment. &x>tbtti laS la 6d ill dealer*. ... • Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are purely vegetable, and contain no ingredient that can in any way b« injurious i° the most delicate person. Their action i* D»>ld and gcfltle without any at th« painfet sensations experienced by the av » puis. Chamberlain's Stomach and Jjver Tablet* act a* a tonic, utrenzthen th* *v*t«n. and ns»Ut thr natural movement'of the buwels. f-'.r »a!e everywhere... IVppermint Ctirr api-m. to J'ring Yf>«r irad- amongst the Mi»igß«>l. i "sfM«e it won't tore • very tiling " '•Well. I 1»." replied th« dru^o'. "It wont rune everything, at. ica«t, l*li!e> t '. I'm much nmtak. n!" "'What won't it cure iu man or ♦faid he: "It won't cur- bacon*"

A meeting of the Pleasant Point Farmers' Union is to lie held after the stork sale to-d3y. A Zymole Trokey i< a pleasant- thing to dissolve in- your month. It- stops cixgliing. relieves hoarseness, and is a good throat antiseptic...

v At- a very snccessful concert held last week in the Onui Schoolroom in aid of „ funds for tlie Parish Working Gnild, a Mini of £7 7s 6<l was netted. The Hon. R. McNab, Mi: ' -ter for H Lands, intends to pay a visit- of inspection e to the Stewart I settlement. Waitaki South, on Tuesday. October 27th. A general meeting i f ih- Lndio:" t'om- ' niiitfe in n'inject ion w::ii ( he ; bund ■ contest will 1..- hrld jn ih.» Ihf.l-n ♦<;- night. 11k;- cliirf liu-infi r. will Ic- I lie settling of aeconnio. . At the Magistrate's f'ourr this morning. ? a. teaman belonging to one of ih-- v» see-ls y in port i> to be charg.-d with disobedience to lawful command;", and a!ci> with having assaulted one of the officetfi r.a his ship. The dat/» of the miction (November 17.hi , clacks in Walnuts with the Ap-i.-uhur.il and Pastoral Association*!; Show and r 1 j f-ounty C'onncil el-ction. Ir is. understood t that an effort will be made to ehange the dales of the two latter. If ihe l rhow i» j held on elect ion day, ir «enis ceitain.no publican":; booth could be permitfc-d. j Tb? following are the details of the inj eurnnees on the building anil stock of Mr T. Thomson. destroyed by fire last week : —Building : National J3IOCO. Standard 1 £1000: New Zealand £500: total, £2500. 1 Stock: North British £IOOO. Royal Kxcliange £ICOO. Royal £IOOO. National 1 £750. Standard £750. Alliance £SCO. I Queensland £SOO. Victoria £SCO. X-w ! Zealand £500: total, £6500. ! By the s.s, Paparoa. which left London on Sepiember 3rd. a large consignment of Christmas presents b-ing i-.t-nt t« \*-w 1 Zealand for the- member* of the British 1 Antarctic Espediti.iii. now in King Kdi ward Vn. Land. They will be transferred at Lvttelton lo tlie Nimrod. lo be> taken down to the. ice when she goes on relief. Included in the lit»t of 1 dainties are (says the Press". London correspondent) a dozen game. pies, pevcr;;l htn<s of pate de foie gras, a .couple of dozen large plum puddings, twelve tirs of anchovy pasie. ami twelve large plum cakes.. ' . Tlie .Salvation Army Barracks were crowded last, night, the special ai tract ion provided being a vi-rii from a Touring Picture arid'. likr> Party.- 'Hie meeiing did not ripen;tilf 7.50. in onler that daylight nright'Ji-nve gone and stopping up the" uindinst'.ba fftrved., ThA ..programme c.mpmed i_ r ainging by the. Glee Party, and singing :by the congregation from lantern illustrated text.;. The principal item was a sort of memorial,- service, cor.si.nug i f film -portraits of .l.o*; r-d 01/iceis iKogiMi. Australian, New Zealand and foreign!, followed by a serin, of "la.-t. wot.N," from thf*e and other officers. To-night a biograph series is to In- tdiown. including Several filrra; of the American fk t in Auckland harbour ,and of the American tare ashore. Tlh-fie were taken l>v Major Perry. whose skill a* a film-taker' is well known h< re. Oilier films, illustrated songs, etc., will make up a vari-'d programme.

According to a London correspondent it is being uuggesit'd. as a icr.ulf of the murder of (jrDrrai LuardY, wife at Sevenoaks and similar recent cafif-.x. that, the police throughout the country should he provided with trained bloodhounds t <> assist tliem in running down criminal. Some .thousand-, of .such anima's nie now employed ill Franc*, ttt-nnany. Ai-fitria. the I nited St-at- 1, and othtrr toumii -s as an aid to detective work. The objection to their in England hitherto has been a s*iitinient.i 1 one. founded 011 mVicnnception. An interesting Matemr-nt on 111 1 eubj.-ct is mado by Major Richnn'.on. who<» dogs w<r- requisitioned (far too late, however) by th<- police engaged in the s-arcli lor Mib. J,uard\; assailant. •' I really think." he nays, - it i« .1 mV.take of tlit- polite in England no! t<i hare bloodhound; in various t-i 11 r . so th:ft they could b- tal.-n (o any part of tlie country within sis hours;" for. of courts, it is practically hi>p?ln s to takva hound to th-- i-cfii-- of a murn.'-r dav.s flfter it ha* been committed, when the trail may have been crossed by hundred" of people- or have been effaced bv rain. -Make it clear that tl..> modern bloodhound doft. not attack anybody. Th-- oldfashioned bloodhound of romance was a crrfis between a fox hound and tli- (Jr.--at Danr-. and he wouhl attack a man. but the true hloodhound of to'-day nii-relv follow; up th? trail." This ejcplanntion * .supported by another uvH knoivn expert. who (-t.it*s that a pursued man * wouhl run no dang<r of b--ing worried when caught. 11., i captor would simply satisfy h ins-elf that he was the qnarrv he> was ,*>eking. anil there would be an enil to hjs quest." It is pointed out further that, bloodhounds would be of undoubted value in overtaking th* criminals who occasionally rtcape from Dartmoor and other piit.on-, and in finding lost children. Anglers, also tennis, croquet and cricket pla.vrs, will find nt C'ullmann's t>ports drpot the best selection of high-grade material and equipment for tin* enjovment of their outdoor pastime* We advise an early inspection of our good* by those who dtein? to possess the best equipment. All tennis and croquet materials are newlv made for this weapon bv Slazenger and Son. New stock latest 1908 tennis ball*. The cable news which arrived on Saturday morning shows the motoring world that the Darfracq is the mosts "r liable and one of the speediest, motor cars in the nuiverse. "I he Isle of Man race is organised by the Royal Automobile Clnb of f.ng'land to test the car most suitable for ordinary touring purposes, nnd the cars used are ordinary sized stock cars, and not specially built for racing purj posxs. Certain dimensions were given for tlie size of tlie engine, and as these were 4 inches for the diameter of each cylin- | dt-r, the car liad to be an 18 brake horse I P''W*t. The second and third cars w«-re | Darracqs of the above size, and exactlv j j similar to tw*> earn landed, one fur a j Tima.ru gentleman and tj« other for a j Chrifttchurch ta<iy. 7h«> first mentioned of j these two cars is now on view at our ! Timaru garage. The above result is j tnosf convincing that when it comes to | ordinary block cars, and no; carp '•neciallv i prepared for lacing puiposes. the Dar- | racq leads the world. \V e take this opportunity of letting the motorists of Ti- \ maru and surrounding districts know that I » we ir.» about to move into a new and ' l»rg. r garage, we have a few second- : hand cars which we are prepared to iell i at ridiculously low figures, in orj. r to • maki> room for large tdiipmcnift of n,-w j pattern cars, which we liav«> arriving... ! M.-n'rt and boys' clothing at. readyniore'V price*. —Til-re never Iris 11 in ; our .store so tine a da-play of ilothing a\ j wi> are tdiowing now. Tii.- " lennii.'' and i "outing" good* ,-uo more mini-n.uv : t!i-- j hat ami cap styles are tin-r. and the l«oys' > clothing it- certainly low ]>r enough for ; >-ven the thinn<-«t purv-. M<-n'« a!! wool ; colonial tu>ed llior'Cjgiiiv veil 1 mad-, with padd-d fdiou!d<-r«. canvas front*. U<vt of linings and trimming, and jwrf.-t t titling, a; 52« 6-1. ?,5». Sis tjd. 4;V. 45«. a good range of jut t.-ri>j; in all si/.-s, from 3 t>», V. Ho_«.' all ui-d N'..r1..!1; suit*. 3'*•!. 1 -o 6d, lt:s 61, TcV* 6d. Hovt:, wa».lung b:..!:-.f..r Mitntif r we.ir. onfv 2s M v-o li. Hoy.' W:.v|iing hai«. Ir. each. at. Irain'tt i !.,tioiig shop, StaiTor l f.tr-»t i:rxs l'r'*si-r".5.... K'.r .111 • .i*V runtiin.'. dorablo cyi le. | mak-- .1 U.S.A. l'rvmi- r jour m-xt mount. I'r:ct-» from £lO l'X t-> AJl.i. plating, and *n.«m> Uing. -» si-c.-iality, a!--i p!ioii< l „-r.kph and ii'tiius Ilia!- rial. wi'h: i<V*i3balls .U■(>•« oil hand. 'lt.nf Uro- : ! i liiirc. !iur. h in 1 '1 im ir» . i

A canvassing committee, collected £642 for"the prize fund of the next" Pnlmeision Xortli show (£IOO of ii. in Wellington), 'lliki iii £IOO more than was obtained in any previous year, and the general <ommittee thought ir wry good, v.- [« c i:illy in tlieface of the dull and ihe tightness of the money market." .... Memlxrs and'-''intending members of the •South Canterbury Amateur Athletic Club are reminded that- the annual meeting will be beld.iin the Grosvenor Hotel to-night, at. 8 o'clock. A full attendance is desired, as important, business affecting ihe future ofi:Jhe club will be dts-

■•Uij-ed. .. •* The total lec.-ipts from all' sources 'in connection with -the band at. '1 ima in have been made up bv the secivtaiy. They »i-- •«» follows:—Garden parry and theatre admission. £6O Is; refrtfiliments at gardt-u..partv. £29 step gates. £270 10s: railway. £25 4s 6d ; rest, £l6 16s ; * competitors' -fee.,. £39'' £s 6:1: sales of music, 7f»;' donat ions 1 , £l4 1%: advert Lsemeuw. £ls: I.\rse of re fit.-h- - quickstep, ,£5?: total, £521 fis 9.1. Tlie driving of (he Inst, spike of the Xonh Inland Main"-Trunk Railway will take place with rome ceremonv at- the Manganui Viaduct- about, the eiid of the present month. The Hon. W. Hali-.)orir-s. Minister for Railways and Public Work.-, will perform th> ceremony, and will be presented with a sonvenir of the occasion. It is propesad to run a F.pecial train from Wellington and another from Auckland to the tipot selected for the finishing touch to an important, national work. Labour Day was spent iu'a mtf.t enjoyable manner by the iii)i)b> is of the- I'ic; ■■- an't I'oint. \ oung Glen's and Voung Women's liil.l-- (Mas.s.i,. .Aft-r a h.jg! though pleasant, driw to the butih. willing hands r>oon made lunch ieady. A climb through the bush war. followed by ganuft and ihen tea. A hearty service was. then held, ami a start, was made for home. •Singing wa« joined in inosi. of ihe way -ill the Point was leached. As the w!ik\i; drew up in the township a veiv ple;u,;.nt outing was brought ;to a close* with tjietinging of "God be with you till w,* meet, again."

This evening at (he Theatre Royal Valentines 11-d .Seal Pictures are ojiening fur a sljoi * season. Several new and exciting chase pictures which are absolutely n-w to Timaru are to he shown, such as " March Winds." " Dodger Dodge'!." line of the pictures entitled " Never Too l>;ite Too Mend" is considered by clergymen and others to be one of the best moral lessons ever produced by means of the bioscope. Another magnificent picture is "The Corsican's Revruge. ' during which is cseii some beautiful natural scenery. This picture "hM greut comment wherever il liar. I' -ii shown. Valentine's Red Seal Pic- • ur<t> have b.cn highly eulogised by educational authorities as of * the greatest po.-.sible value to young folk. Twenty-five thousand loaves of bread a day! Such is the record output (savs ' a London paper) of a ponderous, elec-trically-worked machine, weighing nearlv two hundred ton.s, which was shown in operation at the opening of the Rakeis' and Confectioners' Kxhibifion at the Agricultural Hall last - month. Kight men. standing at the levers of the machine, do the work which formerly employed twentvTwo parts of the apparatus are considered by experts to be unique :! mechanical kneadt-r and tempering device, and an adjustable moulder, which adapts i:self automatically to ai:r j-'izei! loaf. So that no human hand should touch flour, dough, or loaf, rolling, continuous tracks, and little waggon; running upon rails connect. ilia various parts uf this wonderful machine. The liour ris-:s in an elevator to a sifting machine, which automatically rids it of impurities or foreign matter. An automatic pathway bears u thence to tlie kneading machine rfhere the mixing taken plaee. The dough when made is tilt-d automatically into a waggon, which runs down an incline into tlie " proving " room, the doore; of which open automatically. After Ij in# four hourt> here the dough is enrried upon another line to a dividing machine. which, set at. a certain gauge, cuts the dough into pieces. These pieces, trav- n-Mig an endless band, are >oized upon by the moulder, which shapes tliem uito cottage, coburg. or "tin" loaves. I-rom this they ilrop upon an electricallvpiopelled rack aud are swept, into the 10C lon ov< n. which bakes them to anv desired eondition in forty-two minute.s.

ftolfers and others will lie j.Te.-w.l to le.irn th.it Son lei 's Jioot. Depot have ( ,u sale, gentlemen* brogues from Allan Bros., Kdinburgh. Just landed ex "Turakina." 1 cas* of men's tan brogue shops and boots, a!#*> black brogue shoes. W. fouler, the live hoot, dealer. Sole agent for Allan Bros, brogues for South Canterbury. 'I hose boots and shrx-s are verv fashionable... Th.- best j or key in the world cannot, win a raiv uisltrJ." he li'les ;i good horse. The best player of a brass instrument cannot win unless lie plays on tho be.-t----instiiimeiit. Jf there was any proof requited of th,. Mijierinrit.y ~f tho Hawke's bta-H instrumc-njx, the pr«+»»nfc contest at. Tiinaiu has supplied it-. Out ofi twenty gold medals offered by the content, comnnttee JO wer..- won by players of llawke's instruments. Out of twenty silver medals offered by th- contest committee 16 were won by player* of llawke's jnstraim nts. In tin* (Jnickstep Competition the bands playing Hawk 's were awarded first, and second prize--, ami in the T.t-t Selection the bands pi »y iliir llawke's i-ariitd away first and fni'iib prizes. 'Moral: 'I he bc-st players in the conk-vt play IlawkeYi and tliey can only he obtained at the DrP.vin .. Woodfl" Great Peppermint Curt for Coughs and Ooldi nerar faili. If 6d uui a> 6d.. Mrs S. H. Walker, 2"0 Humffray st., Rallarat, Vie., writes: "Have used Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy for four years, and know it is excellent. Have found it most lieneticial. Can r«*con»mend it. to anyone. In fact have done so many times., and it ban accomplished good result* in every c.u-e." For sale everywhere... Trout fish-rs and tennis players will plcaj-e nota Mr Tasker. Hardy's agent for Tini:u . _.is just landed a tine as-orV-Hent of Hardy's fishing tackle, including rods, reels, lines, ca?ts, flies, phantoms, waders, galfs, lly books, etc. Also a line of Slazeiig-r's tennis raci|uett>, including Dolk-rty, K.H.M., Special J lemon. Demon. Itenshaw, <-tc. The n* w lul's i.liv-8 t-i); will lit- hi-re in about a fortnight. ... Mr A. \Y. Martin, sub- emit roller of [)r < -f. A. Sherman's nut bod of curing nip- j turo without oj-cratioti. will lie in Tiinaiu | from the 20th to the 22nd (Mob. r. and \ may be coti-uk d at th-- Knipire Hoi. I. j Sufferer* will do weil to call and inv-sii j gate tins 111. tb'-d that has etited so m.iiiV ! caH-s in Xi-w Zealand, t '..iis'altat mils ai«- j fue. lli.tirs fr.-m !i> a.m. to H p.m. Send | for tuo fr-v booklets... j Sometime ago, Mr Sotiter. of Soiitet'« ■ lioot Depot, cabled for soiih- ladies dark ■ tan gla«'c Cib-.n slio.-.. I a, ed with wide ; tart.m l.ic.-s. 'I lie--.- goo K lia v.- now ar r>v«-d and ar.- displayed in Mr Soiitrr'-' ; niiwlotv. The stvioi ar- <|iiite new to Titimi'ii. and «aie sure that t h- y will b--;;reat!v ndinitel and xi-oin th , .i»,,n .. As nio»: 'f tic- t-tiros .la.i" are i.:-.v in; their opening day this *.\<k, we :n!ei plto tl»-:r litedillg the l : '(ti0 v !:iAllJir t«-tmi» l.ii's who li a:-- r.ow >.u .-iitil, a.-a racipi-'.s and net*. uiili < y.-ies ro --..iv-y you tii- re. I'r-inuT I yi l-n jJIO IJ-4 to , £ls. 11 rant l'.roi , I'honc,graph and Cycle I)-pot... Kc'.-tna. burn*, hoi!*, «rii.]«. rut*, or rr.i. 'if. rur--'l Il'ii.-kly w: ! ! i "l!--d I r"<--«>:ti!msnt. lr- 'id .-v.-rvrh- re. . . . j

An Auckland land and house agent spates that rentfi. in the city and suburbs are lising last for all sorts of residence from four to i-ight roonui. .He added that there is an exodus of southern. farmers to ilit l North Island. mainly due- to th>\ big advance in the price of Canterbury land. In his own words.- farni.-vs are 'voming here iu shoals." and settling in ill? North Island—the King Country for pref: renee.

An up-country journal in Victoria se-:-m6 to have got into a little trouble through a slight confusion of type by which i:s reports of the show and a concr-r: in the diire became mixed. This is how the paragraph appeared: "The concert given by the' charming young ladi;R of Mils. V.'s academy war. highly appreciated. They iiang in their very b.-st manner, winning "applause "from a highly influential and critical audience, who pronounced thein to be the finest displnv £|f Jerseys ever seen at our show. , The heifers had ail that beautiful .symmetry of form and mellow brown colour, especially behind the ear>.\ ..characteristic of fhe highest class of .jersey breeding." - "It" looks as if golf might, be made the '"issue" of the American Presidential campaign. Recently a correspondent, of a Chicago paper said thai Mr ; 'Taft I had bff'n uiged by many friends to go j out. among the people, as 1 he. irias.«.s had a prejudice again;t a candidate who'spent his summer at an aristocratic rr.sort playing golf." Mr Taft. according to a correspondent- of the New York Tribune, frankly admits that, he had received letters from people urging • him. to give up golf as being "a rich man's game" and " waste of time." Meanwhile Mr Brvan, who hae probably never had a golf "club in his hand in his- life, keep; hinuelf sound by superintending work on his farm, which, his opponents aver, he purchased exprtcsly that Ih> might b? photographed in the part of a worker. Disclosing fhe vacancy in the Cabinet canc.-d by the appointment of the Hon. \Y. Hall-Jones as High Commissioner, the Auckland Herald savs: "A feature of

interest is the fact that the portfolio of Railways, which is about to be relinquished by Mr Hall-.Tones, ■ carries an additional £3OO a year in salary. It is thus a ' plum,' in connection with which the question of seniority may crop up. The Hon. Ja«. M'Ciowan—assuming that he does not retire from the Ministry, as has bren suggested in some quarters—may be considered as having the best claim on this specially-salaried portfolio. In any case, whatever happens, it is probahle that, there will be a general readjustment of a great number of the portfolios."

There were not many people present at the auction of Mr E. W. Christmas's pic-

tures in the Sophia street. Hall on .Saturday afternoon. but- t here were buyens among them, and more- than half the pictui-<« w«-re disposed of. Mr .Vhallcrass acted .'in auctioneer, and sold seven-and-twenty for a total of about £IOO : a dozen were passed at a like average. 9 guineas being declined for one of them. The highest price- given was for one not. on the catalogue, an approaching storm in Weli-h h'Hs. This was hung at the- Christ church Exhibition. and Mr S. Mackenzie gave 104 guineas for it. Another Homeland subject, mountain mists. Cilencoe. fetched the next, highest, price, guineas', Mr .1. I'. N'-uman being the buyer. Two others fetched 7. and four 5 guineas each. Tlk.g<?> passed and wime not put up. as the attendance thinned. w.i"> ottered for sale privately afterwards, and .Messrs Guinness and Lei'ren report that- t!w privat-? sales realised nearly ;us much as tJit- auction, the pricii ranging up to 17 guineas. This is the record li.-ile fjn- paintings for Timaru', fhe total result, being just over £2OO. and this wats justified by the quality of the works offered. " " l

A corresjiondfiit wtites as follows to the " Nydik-y Morning Herald." tcepecting th.- importation of owls:— I notice that- Iho Acclimatisation Society, Xew Zealand, lias imported and released, in the ()tago district come* or Herman owls for the. purpose of deGtroving Gparrowst. and t h.- iLspector appears to think the result of the importation suc-ce.-Kful. and is of opinion thai, the owl will l>- beneficial to the country for the purpose. It is io he hoped that the Commonwealth authorities wdl not allow the importation of these birds without tlifr fullest investigation. For Australia has sutfered liuftioiently through imp<>ttat viz., rabbits, foxri;, s]>arrows. starlings, otc. But what I w:,di to point out is thii;: That, through the laving of poisoned grain, pol'.ird, and poisoned watci fi>r rabbit. destrt;> tion, w>- are destroving our larger birds, foxn> are eompl.-ting .their rl-'.struction. And there now i-eentri a possibility of importing an owl to drutroy our smaller birds, which will eventually leave our lnmk birdless.

and probably infected to such an extent%rith itmect life as to be almost worthUfK. Mr Lancelot T. Harrison, representative for X<«• South AValrfi on the C ouin il ni Australian Ornitholopists' I nioii, wriits to the name jiaper, rai.sint; the- Name object ion.,-.

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W. l anlon Ti inien- for painlinij. A'buiy Salt-yards ('o Mv. unij nxt Saturday. •I. 11. Hn st.iji - ants thivt* ohearvis. lanner> I nion- l'letuian'.. l'oiut blanch nitrts today Slnppiiii; Ci, - X..li. • j.- itri.-z Uoyle't—Sniokvd blu' 1 eod. Hand — l.adici. roinmi!t-<. meet to at 1.30. in liitudcii. Mr U. Jelliies- M. - uf (i', raldine ••!< rt.itr;. 'limum Borough ('ounril--('aretake r for bat it . A-; . inbly Itonin- t'uin- it. and golden (iil't 11. r lolii^lit. Webb anil !i< mpi horn- l! vi-r-1 i,st o: plop. 11its for L. O't'allajjhari and Co. I 'l.-ai ins; r! ih on W.-.lne-da\. at 2 m). S'.c \. V.C Annual tills . veil 'Hi." St. M.iry'o Y M.S. final in*» ihi:; < v- uiiiL'. I. S.oii U a . andid.ite f. r Lower I'aieoia. S|.aiiow and Co. Two f.ini!> for ?.«!•-. I mi.a ii Main S.-1i....! liaid n paity «m Thursday. I n:oii At-»iirau.<- Sn i. ly AtT' iits want - d. ■I. \i mid I! - NYaish.lj 1..- . :.l - t.. ma i ..w, \|l- W'.a.'.toll \1..0l flllll -!i..p 1....: A 1,.. - . \V 0.-'. o 1..--: